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S.Africa seizes Air Tanzania plane over unpaid farm claim

An Air Tanzania plane. South Africa has impounded a plane belonging to Tanzania's national carrier over a farmer's $33-million compensation claim for his land which the Tanzanian government nationalised decades ago. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  AFP

Johannesburg,

South Africa has impounded a plane belonging to Tanzania's national carrier over a farmer's $33-million compensation claim for his land which the Tanzanian government nationalised decades ago, a lawyer said Sunday.

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